System of storing motor road vehicles



May 24,1932. w L 1,860,008

SYSTEM OF STORING MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES Filed June 29, 1929 Fig.1.

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Patented May- 24, 1932 a v UNITED mm,

' wrnnmmrvoa BELLOF cnatsargro mamarm f 'i svsrnrror'sronmeivroroa Ronn vnrrrcans Application filedJune 29,1929, Seria1 -N o.3?4 ,9 aja in Gr'eatBritain 1a, 2; 192s;

V This invention relates to storage systems and has particular reference to garages for motor road vehicles, the object of the inven: tion beingto enable a maximum number of 5 vehicles to be stored in a given floor space without detracting'from the abilityto read-1 ily put them inand take them out of store.

The improved system'comprises essentlally the use of a plurality of travelling platforms 1 each'adapted to contain or hold any predetermined number of vehiclesarranged either side by sideor in any other Suitable and con venient manner. 1 a d The length of these platforms is such that y that it willtake two cars end on and of such a width as will take thedesired number of pairs of cars sideby side If this number is, say four, the, platform will accommodate it eight cars; 3 w

Theplatforms areiadapted to runon rails and, maybe provided with suitable mecha-" nism whereby they can be their track.

The invention will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings inwhicli: 7

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic layout for a garage for road vehicles situated between two Figure 2 is a planview of oneof the travellinglplatforms. Figure 3 is anend view thereof.

Figure 4 is an end view on an enlarged scale of part of "one of the travelling platforms showing a means for traversing same and H i v Figurefi is an end view of the gearing. The platforms 1 are each of such a length and width as will accommodate say two rows their aggregate length is so much less than ity propelled along of four cars each, that is eight cars in all. The platformsl are adapted to runon rail traclrs 2 arranged inj parallel'relation 'to each 7 A i 1mm,

other and to a commonalley way-3 prefers I V ably having an entrance at one end eXit "at the other as shown,

"This common 'alley way 3 may-bearranged at anydesired position between thegmoving and an.

platforms, according to the number of plat-' forms arranged side by side, said alley way the rowsias shown inkFigure 1. V

' The length of the platforms their aggregate length is so much less 7 than at right angles to-theparallel tracks between being preferably arranged midway between l il U 1 is suchthat any two, or any two rows of platformsf, 7 r

' The rails2 are laid so that their running. I surfaces are approximately level with the 5 which serve not only tomaintain the rigidrunning wheels 6 and ramps 7.

traversing the platforms ontheir tracks; in

ground surfaceand the platforms areeach I furnished with-a pluralityof girder elements of the platform but as supports for the 1 Any suitable means maybe provided forare furnished on the underside with racks 8 adapted to be engaged by ftoothed wheelsf9 driven by suitably arranged gearing 10f driven by a motor 11.;

H In operation, if, fo'r'example, it is desired to placea car in or remove one, from say,v I. the compartment 12 ofplatform 13,*it will first be necesasry to traverse the platforms 1 to form an alley way at 22. J

In tlijee ,ent of the storage garagefbeingf situated between twojls'treetsas-shown in Figure '1,"or' if a street runs along onlyjone end-thereof the platforms 23'24 adjacentsaid streets or street need not. be arranged street. I

partments' may, if space permits, beprovided at 25.but if a street'didnot 'runparallel with said compartments and it was necessary to run carsdownthe alley way 4, certain of said 13 to 2l inithe direction" of the arrow soas 2- T p k M 1,860,008

compartments 25 in line with the pillars 26 supporting the garage roof or floor above would, in eerta-inrcases', be useless.

' What I claim is In a storage syst'emla' building, a plurality: V 'of parallel tracks arranged on theavailable floor space ofsaid bui1d1ng,- a plurality of platforms-each capable ofre'eeivinga plurality ofvehieles arranged to travel on said tracks in the direction-0f their length, means platforms and a plurality of fixedstorage eompartments arranged so as to be entered from the alley Way arranged at right angles t0=theparalleltracksandto-the length of the 1 platfiorms, the general arrangement being f such that the hole available floor space, less the-space required for theeommen alley Way and-the alley Way arranged at right angles to the parallel traeks;,.is employed for storage purposes.

1 7 WILLIAM IVOR 'BELL.v

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